/channels/news_feeds/all/term/volcanic%20activity/rss en /channels/channels/news/volcanic-co2-emissions-helped-trigger-triassic-climate-change-321564 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A new study finds volcanic activity played a direct role in triggering extreme climate change at the end of the Triassic period 201 million year ago, wiping out almost half of all existing species. The amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere from these volcanic eruptions is comparable to the amount of CO₂ expected to be produced by all human activity in the 21st century.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/volcanic_activity.jpg?itok=mcwreq9-" width="160" height="106" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">14 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:27:47 +0000 webfull 160061 at /channels